Buy this book on-line The SavoyLeonard Smithers, London, 1896
3 vols, sm. 4to (10 1⁄2 x 8”). Blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to both covers and spine, slight edge wear; untrimmed. Contains often lacking Beardsley Christmas card.
Each volume with bookplate of Robert and Gladys Koch to front pastedown. Gladys was a well known antiques dealer and her husband, Robert, was an art historian best known for his books on the great American decorative artist, Louis C. Tiffany and master graphic artist, Will Bradley. Dr. Koch specialized in the Art Nouveau period and authored articles on posters. Each volume with bookplate of Willis Vickery to front pastedown. Willis Vickery was a well known judge in Cleveland whose important library collection was sold at auction in 1933. The Savoy was a journal produced from January to December 1896. Authors such as Yeats and Beardsley were represented. Also playing a prominent role in the production of the journal was Oscar Wilde. Important publication of the Art Nouveau period.
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